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Eoactinotocarcinus tetracornis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae

Taxonomy
Periacanthus tetracornis was named by Ferratges et al. (2014). Its type specimen is MPZ2013/85, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atiart, level 2, which is in a Ypresian marine siliciclastic in the Roda Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Eoactinotocarcinus.

It was recombined as Eoactinotocarcinus tetracornis by Ferratges (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Periacanthus tetracornis Ferratges et al. p. 44 fig. 5,6
2024Eoactinotocarcinus tetracornis Ferratges p. 9 figs. 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyMajoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMajidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyActinotocarcininaeJenkins 1974
genusEoactinotocarcinus
speciestetracornis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eoactinotocarcinus tetracornis Ferratges et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available